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CABLE RAILWAY.

N0. 368,668. Patented Aug. 23, 1887.

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J. B. HEVERLING.

CABLE RAILWAY.

No. 368,668. Patented Aug. 23, 1887.

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IINITED STATES PATENT JOHN B. HEVERLIN G, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES ,E. HEVERLING, OF SAME PLACE.

CABLE RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,668, dated August 23, I887.

Application filed November 6, 1886. Serial No. 218,185. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. HEVERLING, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cable Railways, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved railway taken on line 1 1, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a similar View taken on line 2 2, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a detail top or plan view. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical transverse section taken on line 4 4., Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side view of a car, and showing an enlarged section of a crossing. Fig. 6 is a top view of the carplatform.

My invention relates to an improvement in cable railways, and relates particularly to the crossing; and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents tracks running in one direction, and B represents tracks running in a different direction, and crossing the tracksA A.

A represents the conduit of one of the tracks, and B the conduit of the other tracks.

\Ve will suppose now that the tracks B have been laid, and it is desired to lay the tracks A, crossing those 13. I11 order to do this it is necessary that the cable of the tracks A should be depressed where they cross beneath the tracks 13, and for this purpose I locate a pulley, O, in the line of the cable beneath the tracks, as shown in Fig. 1, beneath which the cable passes, and by which itis depressed. In the conduits on either side of the tracks B are pulleys D, over which the cable runsor passes, as shown in Fig. 1.

The car-grip leaves the cable as it approaches the tracks B, and in order to automatically cause it to leave the cable I provide the slots of the conduits A with offsets A which throw the grip to one side of and bring it back again into line with the cable, which moves in a straight line. It will thus be un derstood how the cable of one track is made to cross another track, and how the grip will be automatically removed from and moved back into line with its cable.

When the grip leaves the cablc,the car may not have sufficient momentum to carry it over the crossing. For this reason I provide on each side of the tracks B endless belts E,pref erably made of chains, and located in short conduits E. The belts are supported on sprocketwheels E at the ends of the conduits E, and are driven by sprocket-wheels E, with which they engage, and which are secured, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, to the shafts D of the pulleys D. The belts are thus made to travel continuously in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2, and their upper parts are supported by a partition, E, of the conduits E. which passes a dog, F, pivoted at F to the bottom of the car, and which is pulled down to cause it to enter the slots by means of a rod, F, connected to the lower end of a treadle, F located on the front of the platform of the car. When the dog is pulled down into the conduit, it engages with one of the chains E, as shown in Fig. 5, and the car is thus propelled over the crossing, in case its momentum is not sufficient to carry it over. As soon as the pressure is removed from the treadle F the dog is raised into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5 by means of a spring, G, connecting it to the bottom of the car, and it is thus held up out of contact with the tracks until depressed again by the treadle F".

To insure the removal of the dog from the slot of the conduit without danger of breakage, I incline its forward edge at F*, and incline the inner ends of the conduits E, as shown at E, Fig, 5, and when these two in clines come together the dog will be raised out of the slot, ifit has not already bceen raised by the action of the spring.

In case it is desired to have both the front and rear ends of a car connected with the chains IE, it may be done by placing a pendant, H, on the forward platform of the car, which will enter the slot of the conduit E and engage with the chain on the opposite side of the track to that on which the dogF engages. The pendant H is held in its upper position by a spring, H, located between the floor of 100 The conduits E have slots E through the car and a head, H, on the pendant, and

it may be depressed for use from the position shown in Fig. 5, full lines, to the position shown in dotted lines, same figure. WVhile I say that this pendant may be used to assist in making a crossing, the prime object of placing it on the car is for the purpose of making curves, as fully described in my application filed herewith, and marked OaseA Serial No. 218,184.

- I have shown double tracks A and B; but it is evident that single tracks crossing each other may be used in connection with myinvention.

I am aware that supplemental chains, belts,

or cables have been located upon opposite sides of a cross-line for engagement by a single dog carried by the car; but I am not aware that a dog has been provided at each end of the car for this purpose. When a single dog is used, the momentum of the car must be depended upon to carry it across the cross-track to a position which will enable the dog to engage the supplemental chain or cable on the other side of the said cross-track. This would clearly be impossible when the tracks happened to cross on a steep grade. Hence I employ a dog at each end of the car, so that one or the other of them shall be] constantly in engagement with one or the other of these supplemental cables until the car has arrived at a position to enable it to grip the main cable. Furthermore, I am not aware that such supplemental chains or-cables have ever been located in conduits separated from the main conduit. This is important, as much damage might be done should one 'of these chains break and become tangled up with the main cable or grip.

I claim as my invention-=- 1. The combination, with the main conduit and the cable running therein, of a second conduit by the side of the main conduit, but separated therefrom, and an auxiliary chain or belt located in said second conduit and driven from the main cable, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Incombination, in a cable railway, with crossing tracks, the pulleys over and under which the cable of one of the tracks passes,

and an ofiset, A in the slot of one of the conduits, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the main conduit, the cable running therein, and the supportingpulleys, of a second conduit located by the side of the main conduit, but separated therefrom, an endless belt or chain and wheels over which it passes,located in the second conduit, and connection between said belt or chain and one of the carrying-pulleys of the main cable, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the main cable and a pair of supplemental belts or cables, one located on each side of a cross-line, of the car having a dog or pendant at each end, so that before the dog or pendant at the rear end of the car has passed beyond the reach of one of the supplemental cables the dog or pendant on the front end may engage the other supple-' mental cable, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the main cable and the supplemental cable or belt driven thereby, of the support E for said supplemental belt, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with the main conduit and cable, of the second conduit located by the side of the main conduit, but separated therefrom, the endless belt in said second conduit, a car having a grip for engaging the main cable, and a dog or pendant for engaging the endless belt located to one side of the plane of the grip, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with the main conduit, of a second conduit located by the side of the main conduit, but separated therefrom and having the incline F at the end thereof, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN B. HEVERLING.

In presence of EDW. S. KNIGHT, J OSEPH WAHLE. 

